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Rod Miller: Gordon Has A Chance To Be Great. Will He Take It?
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "The Freedom Caucus has presented Gordon with the chance to stand strong like a real First Amendment trail boss. If he wastes this chance and knuckles under to their demands, he will brand himself as nothing more than their stable boy."
Rod MillerJuly 27, 2023
Rod Miller: Celebrity Worship Around The Ol’ Campfire
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Things are getting just a tad weird around the ol’ campfire lately. While they try to dodge the smoke, my saddlepals are all gushing over this movie, or that song, or which famous person is speaking God’s honest truth."
Rod MillerJuly 23, 2023
Rod Miller: Chasing Rocks – Or - How Not To Look Like An Idiot
Columnist Rod Miller got his first pair of glasses when he was out gathering cattle with his dad. "I thought I saw a bunch of cows off in the distance at the base of a ridge. When I got to the ridge, I found out they were only big rocks. I had to confess to Dad that I had wasted half an hour trying to round up rocks."
Rod MillerJuly 16, 2023
Rod Miller: “The Machine” And The Consent Of The Governed
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "It is an uncomfortable fact of life in a free society that dissent should not only be tolerated but encouraged as the natural leavening of our political system, regardless of whether it is the Left or the Right doing the dissenting."
Rod MillerJuly 13, 2023
Rod Miller: My Umpteenth Column About Free Speech
When I read Clair McFarland’s recent brace of articles about Biden wanting to censor freedom of speech on social media, it pissed me off. I get pissed off any time that government wants to strangle our most fundamental American liberty to freely speak our minds.
Rod MillerJuly 09, 2023
Rod Miller: “Affirmative Action” Is Unconstitutional In The Equality State
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "There is no waffle language in the Wyoming Constitution. And therefore no room in the Equality State for affirmative action or protected classes. Those might be noble concepts in other states where equality is subject to modifiers, but our founding document renders them moot."
Rod MillerJuly 02, 2023
Rod Miller: Methinks U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland Whines Too Much
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Merrick Garland is whining that criticism is a threat to the 'independence' of his outfit, the U.S. Department of Justice, and thereby a threat to democracy itself. It's hard to threaten something that no longer exists."
Rod MillerJune 29, 2023
Rod Miller: Time Machines, Rattlesnakes and Rock & Roll in Carbon County
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "For my money, there is no more beautiful and peaceful place in the Cowboy State than where the Encampment River joins up with the North Platte to produce a the kind of green that makes Ireland ashamed."
Rod MillerJune 25, 2023
Rod Miller: Higher Education, Free Speech And Hurt Feelings In The Cowboy State
Columnist Rod Miller writes, “Now UW finds itself hauled into court for abridging a preacher’s freedom of speech in the student union. … Let’ s be clear, free speech is often uncomfortable, annoying and offensive.”
Rod MillerJune 23, 2023
Rod Miller: Stay Square, Wyoming!
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "If Wyoming annexed a neighboring county, we’d just look weird. Viewed from above, it would look like we had suddenly grown a disturbing new appendage, or a tumor. Or a massive new zit."
Rod MillerJune 18, 2023
Cormac McCarthy: An Evening Redness In The West
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "I used to wait like a kid at Christmas for McCarthy to come out with a new book ever couple years or so. No more waiting for me. His work is done."
Rod MillerJune 14, 2023
Rod Miller: Get Off Rod Miller’s Lawn!
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Don’t let a wet spell or two fool you into complacency; the high creeks and rivers you see in Wyoming today are nothing more than fossil water being recirculated. The need to conserve this essential but finite resource is as critical as ever."
Rod MillerJune 11, 2023